Letter: It sounds like they can hear me now

Do you hear that? It's the chief raising the cone of silence in the Maxham Hall of Government. Love those “Get Smart” tie-ins.

Do you hear that? It’s the chief raising the cone of silence in the Maxham Hall of Government. Love those “Get Smart” tie-ins.

I would like to thank Peter Higgins, Gregory Glynn and Tom Pestana for attending the March 25 meeting of the council of the whole and explaining the reasons and fix that put the audio back in the municipal meetings.

It is a shame that we — as consumers — both the residents and the city are held hostage by the mega companies of Comcast and Verizon. Both conglomerates spend billions of dollars in advertising enticing new customers to their rolls but cannot service the local government and educational stations with better quality equipment. It seems to me that the length of contract should be shortened or a quality clause inserted.

For the fact that I have some knowledge of audio and video systems, Pestana’s comment on the current facilities is true.

The cavernous room that is the council chambers is an audio nightmare. To be able to balance the microphone input and the speaker output in a huge rectangle and not have feedback is like sitting on a razor’s edge. So far they’ve done a good job.